OwlChemist81

Oh, you haven't seen anything yet. It will be pretty funny in 2018 to watch Super Buu and Asta out-scream each other in the 11 PM hour!

That's right! Kudos to FUNimation for getting him, since he just happens to be the Ocean Dub Vegeta from the Rock the Dragon collection! So a nice little nod to the history of DBZ dubs there!

The × Chimera × Ant × Arc × continues 1 × AM × tomorrow × night (12 × 16 × 17), ONLY × TOONAMI!!!

Watch as Lupin tries to pull off another impressive heist!! 1:30 AM Tomorrow night (12/16/17), ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Let's go all through the night!! 2:30 AM Tomorrow, ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode #34: Vidar Rising Get ready for a new Gundam, tonight (12/16/17) at 12:30! ONLY TOONAMI! Please use only bishonen from IBO S1 or the first 9 episodes of S2.

Page 3: "To The Royal Capital Of The Clover Kingdom" The magic happens at 11:30 PM tonight (12/16/17) ONLY TOONAMI!! Note: Please keep image spam at least tangentially relevant. No shonen-ai from other shows.

Well, I get why One Piece was cost-prohibitive. FUNimation and TOEI were probably only selling it in "seasons", and it just wasn't justifying the astronomical cost of picking up an entire season. OP on [as] got 3 seasons on Toonami, and a total of well over 150 episodes. Each season is probably a block of 52ish episodes, and at least we got Foxy, Water 7, Enies Lobby, Accino Family, and Thriller Bark. That's quite a lot. Also, I think we'll still see new seasons of stuff like AOT, One-Punch Man, Lupin, and of course, JoJo and Gundam. The reason Toonami chooses to stick with a few key franchises is it's much easier to work with the same Japanese companies over and over than it is different Japanese companies, and once you've got an "in", you've got an "in." Getting shows on the air in the U.S. isn't as easy as going to their American distributors (e.g.: Viz, Funimation, etc.); you often have to go back to the Japanese companies and make agreements with them too, and that's probably the main reason why shows such as My Hero Academia, Mob Psycho 100, and Ancient Magus Bride are off-limits right now, not so much competition with other American streaming distributors like Netflix and Hulu. But it is kinda weird that Sentai, which aired shows on Toonami during arguably one of their hottest periods in late 2015 and early 2016, hasn't had much to do with them since the Children Who Chase Lost Voices DST special event and has opted for the mind-boggling confines of Anime Strike instead. Probably the only worse thing you can do for your shows than airing them on TV in the dead of a Saturday night is getting them stuck behind a DOUBLE pay wall. But I digress. The question is, would Toonami, who hasn't dealt with Aniplex since acquiring the rights to SAO II, pick up Season 3? I would definitely say if Hulu really is ALREADY done with Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga (wasn't streaming in November) and it shows up at 1:30 next year to replace Lupin the 3rd, then that's a sign that Toonami is back on with Aniplex and properties in Japan it has previously worked with, and Season 3 is indeed on the way, but even if that doesn't happen it's not necessarily a deal-breaker. With SAO II doing gangbusters after the modest success of the first season of SAO, I'd say they'd be nuts to pass it up.

But we got one last Christmas! I have faith that it will happen again someday, just not with this 2-parter obsessed arc. I get it; if JoJo had been chosen instead of Bebop, then it would be episodes 8-18 instead, and I guess that would have worked out pretty well, since the Rape Ape episode would have been before the cutoff. But maybe the Egypt Arc next year (I don't see JoJo going anywhere in February) will be better for a marathon? And it should REALLY hit its stride around Memorial Day, so don't give up hope! I guess I got to see Polnareff getting shocked at a pig in the toilet enough times when JoJo: Stardust Crusaders Episode 10 appeared on the Toonami Marathon Stream. And Gundam IBO Episodes #26-#30 are currently streaming over there so I'm also getting to see the opening sequence of #26 enough. Those 2 episodes I lost part of when my satellite glitched. Also the first episode of the volleyball sequence of Hunter x Hunter.

Edit to the 18-34s because I left out Black Clover: Adults 18-34 (Estimated) Dragon Ball Super (All Premieres) - 278,439 (41 episodes) Dragon Ball Super at 10:30 PM - 384,000 (2 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters - 373,295 (44 episodes) Black Clover - 272,000 (2 episodes) JoJo's Bizarre Adv.: Stardust Crusaders - 264,188 (16 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans S2 - 228,500 (8 episodes) Lupin the 3rd - 204,900 (20 episodes)

More like Chiller's ill-fated anime block in 2015 that lasted all of 3 weeks, at a time when Toonami on [as] was at its zenith! Now, well at least THIS happened: TOTAL VIEWERS RETENTION 10:00 PM Family Guy 1,051,000 10:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 1,111,000 (105.71%) 11:00 PM DBZ Kai: The Final Chapters 888,000 (79.93%) 11:30 PM Black Clover 733,000 (82.55%) 12:00 AM JJBA: Stardust Crusaders 628,000 (85.68%) 12:30 AM Gundam IBO S2 542,000 (86.31%) 1:00 AM Hunter × Hunter 521,000 (96.13%) 1:30 AM Lupin The 3rd 459,000 (88.10%) 2:00 AM Naruto: Shippuden 452,000 (98.47%) 2:30 AM Outlaw Star HD 390,000 (86.28%) 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop HD 383,000 (98.21%) 3:30 AM GITS: SAC 2nd Gig 342,000 (89.30%) TOONAMI TOTAL VIEWERS AVERAGE - 586,273 For the first time in I don't even know HOW long, a Toonami show has won the night on [as], not only in total viewers, but in Adults 18-49 as well: TOONAMI ADULTS 18-49 AVERAGE - Rating Viewers (Est.) Retention 10:00 PM Family Guy 0.44 568,000 10:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 0.48 622,000 (109.09%) 11:00 PM DBZ Kai: Final Chapters 0.38 486,000 (79.17%) 11:30 PM Black Clover 0.31 396,000 (81.58%) 12:00 AM JJBA: Stardust Crusaders 0.26 336,000 (83.87%) 12:30 AM Gundam IBO S2 0.23 292,000 (88.46%) 1:00 AM Hunter × Hunter 0.23 292,000 (100.00%) 1:30 AM Lupin The 3rd 0.21 265,000 (91.30%) 2:00 AM Naruto: Shippuden 0.20 257,000 (95.24%) 2:30 AM Outlaw Star HD 0.18 230,000 (90.00%) 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop HD 0.17 222,000 (94.44%) 3:30 AM GITS: SAC 2nd Gig 0.15 195,000 (88.24%) TOONAMI ADULTS 18-49 AVERAGE - 0.23 326,636 Not too shabby: almost a 10% increase of DB Super over the previous slot! However, those ARE SERIES LOWS for both Gundam IBO and Hunter x Hunter, which indicates we're not out of the woods yet. Also, I was WAY wrong about the average last week: it was actual 352,818, so we tumbled over 26K this week! Finally, what else? CURRENT SHOW AVERAGES Total Viewers Dragon Ball Super (Prime Time Premieres) - 835,675 (40 episodes) Dragon Ball Super (Toonami) - 1,008,488 (43 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters - 919,909 (44 episodes) Black Clover - 711,500 (2 episodes) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - 645,235 (17 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans S2 - 569,125 (7 episodes) Hunter × Hunter - 738,263 (76 episodes) Lupin the 3rd - 499,273 (22 episodes) Naruto: Shippuden - 805,101 (184 episodes) Outlaw Star - 419,071 (14 episodes) Cowboy Bebop - 403,000 (11 episodes) Ghost In The Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig - 385,000 (5 episodes) Adults 18-49 Dragon Ball Super (Prime Time Premieres) - 422,700 (40 episodes) Dragon Ball Super (Toonami) - 609,953 (43 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters - 553,000 (44 episodes) Black Clover - 394,500 (2 episodes) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - 393,118 (17 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans S2 - 348,500 (8 episodes) Hunter × Hunter - 441,855 (76 episodes) Lupin the 3rd - 298,273 (22 episodes) Naruto: Shippuden - 448,453 (167 episodes) Outlaw Star - 258,643 (14 episodes) Cowboy Bebop - 255,545 (11 episodes) Ghost In The Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig - 247,000 (5 episodes) Adults 18-34 (Estimated) Dragon Ball Super (All Premieres) - 278,439 (41 episodes) Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters - 373,295 (44 episodes) JoJo's Bizarre Adv.: Stardust Crusaders - 264,188 (16 episodes) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans S2 - 228,500 (8 episodes) Lupin the 3rd - 204,900 (20 episodes) Lupin, I believe in you making it over 500K/300K 18-49/200K 18-34 on average! Only 4 more episodes to go! And it looks like DBS will be the one and only Toonami show to average over a million for 2017! Please note that now its 18-34 average includes all of its premieres. Since premieres moved to 10:30 PM, it has averaged 384K in 18-34.

It's not. The polls weren't open during the block; they were 7 AM-7 PM yesterday like always, but that isn't the point. Just fun to see which shows on the lineup beat the voter turnout for either candidate. But since one is just in the state of Alabama and the other is nationwide, kinda like comparing apples and oranges! It was just a goofy thing kinda like when [as] was using city populations to describe ratings in the Numbers Game in early 2008.

Guys, it really happened! Doug Jones won the AL Senate race with fewer voters than people in the U.S. who watched Black Clover on Saturday night... AND DRAGON BALL SUPER BEAT FAMILY GUY, WINNING THE NIGHT ON [AS]!!! http://programminginsider.com/saturday-cable-final-nationals-heisman-trophy-presentation-sinks-16-year-viewer-low/ Family Guy (ADSM, 10:00 PM, 30 min.) – 1.051 million viewers (#32) – 0.44 A18-49 (#15) Dragon Ball Super (ADSM, 10:30 PM, 30 min.) – 1.111 million viewers (#30) – 0.48 A18-49 (#13) Just wait until DBS stops dicking around with this asinine filler-ish nonsense and gets back to the main storyline next year! ALSO... PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000) 10:30 Dragon Ball Super 1111 0.48 622 11:00 Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 888 0.38 486 11:30 Black Clover 733 0.31 396 12:00a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 628 0.26 336 12:30a Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 542 0.23 292 1:00a Hunter X Hunter (r) 521 0.23 292 1:30a Lupin the 3rd: Part 4 459 0.21 265 2:00a Naruto: Shippuden (r) 452 0.20 257 2:30a Outlaw Star (r) 390 0.18 230 3:00a Cowboy Bebop (r) 383 0.17 222 3:30a Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig (r) 342 0.15 195

The final turnout in the Alabama Senate Special Election was about 1.2 million, which means that fewer people watched Dragon Ball Super on Toonami last weekend. And more voted for Roy Moore than watched JoJo: Stardust Crusaders.

The 18-49's, reposted with corrected color scale and average: ADULTS 18-49 Rating Viewers (Est.) Retention 10:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 0.48 620,000 11:00 PM DBZ Kai: Final Chapters 0.38 491,000 (79.17%) 11:30 PM Black Clover 0.31 400,000 (81.58%) 12:00 AM JJBA: Stardust Crusaders 0.26 336,000 (83.87%) 12:30 AM Gundam IBO S2 0.23 297,000 (88.46%) 1:00 AM Hunter × Hunter 0.23 297,000 (100.00%) 1:30 AM Lupin The 3rd 0.21 271,000 (91.30%) 2:00 AM Naruto: Shippuden 0.20 258,000 (95.24%) 2:30 AM Outlaw Star HD 0.18 233,000 (90.00%) 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop HD 0.17 220,000 (94.44%) 3:30 AM GITS: SAC 2nd Gig 0.15 194,000 (88.24%) TOONAMI ADULTS 18-49 AVERAGE - 0.23 328,818 Please note that this is also a slight increase over the previous week if the average of these estimated numbers are correct. We shall see later today if they are!

ShowBuzzDaily updated: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-12-9-2017.html "On Adult Swim, the DRAGON BALL episodes were at 0.48/0.38 compared to last week’s 0.47/0.35, BLACK CLOVER ticked up to 0.31, JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURES slipped 0.02 to 0.26, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM dropped 0.02 to 0.23, HUNTER X HUNTER was down 0.01 to 0.23/521K, LUPIN THE 3RD fell 0.06 to 0.21, NARUTO lost 0.05 to 0.20/452K, OUTLAW STAR held at 0.18/390K, COWBOY BEBOP was steady at 0.17/383K, and GHOST IN THE SHELL ticked down to 0.15/342K." And here's the retention and average in total viewers: TOTAL VIEWERS RETENTION 10:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 1,111,000 #DIV/0! 11:00 PM DBZ Kai: The Final Chapters 888,000 (79.93%) 11:30 PM Black Clover 733,000 (82.55%) 12:00 AM JJBA: Stardust Crusaders 628,000 (85.68%) 12:30 AM Gundam IBO S2 542,000 (86.31%) 1:00 AM Hunter × Hunter 521,000 (96.13%) 1:30 AM Lupin The 3rd 459,000 (88.10%) 2:00 AM Naruto: Shippuden 452,000 (98.47%) 2:30 AM Outlaw Star HD 390,000 (86.28%) 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop HD 383,000 (98.21%) 3:30 AM GITS: SAC 2nd Gig 342,000 (89.30%) TOONAMI TOTAL VIEWERS AVERAGE - 586,273 So, it turns out the total viewers average for the block was only slightly higher than last week's despite the fact that the block got off to a much better start. ADULTS 18-49 Rating Viewers (Est.) Retention 10:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 0.48 620,000 11:00 PM DBZ Kai: Final Chapters 0.38 491,000 (79.17%) 11:30 PM Black Clover 0.31 400,000 (81.58%) 12:00 AM JJBA: Stardust Crusaders 0.26 336,000 (83.87%) 12:30 AM Gundam IBO S2 0.23 297,000 (88.46%) 1:00 AM Hunter × Hunter 0.23 297,000 (100.00%) 1:30 AM Lupin The 3rd 0.21 271,000 (91.30%) 2:00 AM Naruto: Shippuden 0.20 258,000 (95.24%) 2:30 AM Outlaw Star HD 0.18 233,000 (90.00%) 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop HD 0.17 220,000 (94.44%) 3:30 AM GITS: SAC 2nd Gig 0.15 194,000 (88.24%) TOONAMI ADULTS 18-49 AVERAGE - 0.23 328,818

The thing is, it SHOULD make sense as an 11:30 show. It's by far the show with the newest animation on the block (the next freshest animation I believe is Gundam IBO and before that Dragon Ball Super), and it SHOULD have the same sort of appeal that made Bleach and Soul Eater great. But I would also say that greatness has yet to manifest itself. Also, this week was light on college football, so it made sense that it was alright for fighting. UFC Fight Night is not an every week occurrence, and yes we have one this week but it's early. Boxing on ESPN is still quite uncommon. But next week we WILL have lots of College Football Bowl games. Let's see what it can do with its 3rd episode, but I wonder if it can carry 11:30 for long next year...

Raise Your Flags!!! If you've been waiting to hear the dub of Season 2 of Gundam IBO, and don't have cable, now's your chance. Episodes 1-5 of season 2, #26-#30 overall, are now playing on the stream, yesterday through Friday, December 15th. Bang.

First look at ratings for 12/9/17: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-12-9-2017.html 12/9/2017 Total Viewers Adults 18-34 Adults 18-49 Time Show People Retention Rating Estimate Retention Rating Estimate Retention Rank RankChg 10:30 PM Dragon Ball Super 1,111,000 N/A 0.59 401,000 N/A 0.48 615,000 N/A #6 -2 11:00 PM Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapters 888,000 79.93% 0.46 313,000 77.97% 0.38 487,000 79.17% #7 +0 11:30 PM Black Clover 733,000 82.55% 0.39 265,000 84.78% 0.31 397,000 81.58% #14 -3 12:00 AM JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 628,000 85.68% 0.30 204,000 76.92% 0.26 333,000 83.87% #19 -4 12:30 AM Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 542,000 86.31% 0.26 177,000 86.67% 0.23 295,000 88.46% #26 -5 1:30 AM Lupin The 3rd 459,000 84.69% 0.25 170,000 96.15% 0.21 269,000 91.30% #34 -17 Dragon Ball Super was a champ, hitting a high not seen in 6 months on Toonami, though it did pop a slightly higher "fluke" rating at 8:30 PM on [as] a couple of months ago. All the other shows were chumps, but at least DBZ Kai and Black Clover did markedly better it total viewers, but not demographics. Just 2 hours into Toonami, the 18-34 numbers plunged under 0.3, which most likely means fewer than 200K in that demographic were watching. This is something which might not need to change, but SHOULD change in the new year. It will be interesting to see how well the marathons do.

I'd have to say after seeing this episode, you're probably right. BRING ON THE CHIMERA ANTZ!!!

And somehow, that makes this feel like the perfect role for him!!

So is it "Akiter" or "Lafhiro?" Either way, the development of these two's semi-forbidden relationship is probably my favorite part of the drama!

No, I'm thinking that when St. Patty's day falls on a Saturday, it's a big enough event that they might want to reach for a marathon. But unlike Halloween and the 4th of July (the latter of which I believe will NOT get a marathon in 2018), ONLY when it falls on a Saturday.

Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) 2199 would fit the bill on Seinen action, right? I daresay Lupin is Seinen. Comedic slapstick Seinen, but Seinen nonetheless. Replacing it with a shonen such as Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga would be a mistake.

Who knew the theme of tonight would be calming babies down? DB Super and Black Clover so far in my Monday daytime viewing of Toonami, because I was just TOO DARN SLEEPY after waking up in a cold house at 7 AM Saturday morning and I did stay out until Midnight so I got to see Lupin live and--that's pretty much it. I actually like this show. Excessive flashbacks, but I feel it's pretty well done. No worse than Bleach was, anyway. And that was some really cool animation for when he finally vanquished the bastard!